Evansville

Evansville is a city in and the county seat of Vanderburgh County, Indiana. It was founded in 1817 and named for Colonel Robert Morgan Evans, and it became a thriving commercial town with trade along the Ohio River. Following the American Civil War, industrialization and accessibility by steamboat led to the city's growth, and it became the third-largest city in the state. In 2017, Evansville had a population of 117,963 people.